There are too many economic calls to track this holiday season. We support the “We Ain’t Buying It’ movement which exempts small business, but we also encourage Buy Nothing Day, an economic protest older than the Patriot Act. The idea is simple: on Black Friday, buy nothing.
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Whether you’re skipping all shopping this week, or boycotting Home Depot, Target and Amazon, take it up a notch with a digital cart jam. From the organizers: “When thousands of carts sit full but never convert into purchases, it hits their KPIs, signals that something is wrong and shows that their business practices are failing their customers.”
Join Black Voters Matter in shifting your spending from big corporate powers (especially Target, Amazon and Home Depot) to businesses that invest in our communities.
Sign a pledge card and put your money where your values are. This isn’t a boycott, it’s a conscious re-factoring of your economic power. Support your community.
“We Ain’t Buying it” Find Out How »
“The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed new rules that would severely restrict the public’s ability to challenge improperly granted patents. If adopted, they will give patent trolls exactly what they’ve wanted for years: a way to keep bad patents alive and out of reach.” – EFF.org
Submit comments by December 2nd, opposing this regulatory change.
Viral warnings claim gmail is suddenly absorbing your email into their AI. This is partially true: the setting isn’t new, and google says they aren’t training Gemini with it, but AI is absorbing your email and that does raise privacy concerns. Read on for more information, and the options available to you.
If this is your final straw, we recommend Proton Mail as an alternative. Read on for details.
Enlisted members of the military can’t just quit, or refuse orders. They can refuse illegal orders, but it’s risky: get it wrong, and you’ll go to military prison. Stand with veterans in Congress who just issued a PSA about this responsibility. Click to learn how.
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